NOMEN: Myxophaga Crowson 1955: 10 [R.A. Crowson . The natural classificatin of Coleoptera. London, Nathaniel Lloyd & Co., ltd, 1955: 214 pp.]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Crowson 1955):
Lepiceridae +
Sphaeriidae +
Hydroscaphidae ?+ [Torridinicolidae
?+ [Calyptomeridae] 
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Sphaerius/fg (incl. Lepicerus, Hydroscapha)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE:
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted plesiomorphon.
Systematic position of Myxophaga:
| Coleoptera Archostemata Pantophaga Adephagi Polyphaga s.l. plesiomorphon Myxophaga Polyphaga s.str. |